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First published in 1980, The Meaning of Conservatism is now recognized as a major contribution to political thought, and the liveliest and most provocative modern statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents. Conservatism, he argues, has little in common with liberalism, and is only tenuously related to the market economy, to monetarism, to free enterprise or to capitalism. It involves neither hostility towards the state, nor the desire to limit the state's obligation towards the citizen. Its conceptions of society, law and citizenship regard the individual not as the premise but as the conclusion of politics. At the same time it is fundamentally opposed to the ethic of social justice, to equality of station, opportunity, income and achievement, and to the attempt to bring major institutions of society - such as schools and universities - under government control.
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'...a marvellously lucid writer.' - Seamus Perry, Politics
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Contents:
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction: Philosophy, Policy and Dogma
The Conservative Attitude
Authority and Allegiance
Constitution and the State
Law and Liberty
Property
Alienated Labour
The Autonomous Institution
Establishment
The Public World
Appendix: Liberalism versus Conservatism
Notes
Index
ROGER SCRUTON is an academic philosopher who has been Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College London and at Boston University, Massachusetts. He is a writer and journalist and has published over twenty books, including philosophy, political theory, criticism and novels.
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0333376358
- ISBN 13 9780333376355
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages216
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